BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

MY OXFORD DICTIONARY IS IN FLAMES! I got my B.A. in English Literature. Yeah, I know - really useful. (It's ok - I picked up a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. and a paralegal degree - also really useful ;) so misuse of English is like nails on a blackboard to me. I know I probably mess up and misspell stuff on this blog but I tend to be a stickler for spelling & syntax on the most part. But this? This is just... WRONG! "Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kids Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn." Bush made his latest grammatical slip-up at a made-for-TV event where he urged Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, the centerpiece of his education policy, as he touted a new national report card on improved test scores. The event drew New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plus teac...

BLONDES DON'T HAVE MORE FUN... OR DIPLOMACY I am strawberry blonde with grey so I guess, according to Aso I am out for negotiations huh? And poor Condi - she really does look like Sandra Dee, doesn't she? Japan's outspoken foreign minister said "blue-eyed, blond" Westerners probably would not be as successful as the Japanese in Middle East diplomacy, media reported Thursday. Taro Aso made the remarks Wednesday during a speech in southwestern Japan, business daily Nikkei reported. National newspaper Mainichi carried a similar report. "Japan is doing what the Americans can't do. The Japanese are trusted. It's probably no good with blue eyes and blond hair," he was quoted as saying by the papers, referring to projects in Jordan River Rift Valley initiated by Japan. "Luckily, we have yellow faces. We have no history of exploitation there or ... fired a machine gun for once," Aso said, according to the reports. Takashi Sasaki, one of Aso...